A Virginia man, who was convicted Wednesday of having sex with and abusing at least some of his eight Rottweiler dogs, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for what Henrico Circuit Judge James Stephen Yoffy called “absolutely despicable” acts. The man is only allowed to leave prison to go to work, reports said.

Westminster sex scandal has ‘subjected men to character assassination,’ says Tory womens’ blogger

The editor of the Conservative Woman, a right-wing web platform that describes itself as “post-feminist culture war fighters,” has called upon the men of Westminster to defend themselves against the sex scandal currently rocking UK politics.

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was a celebrated politician — and a serial child molester.

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The allegations that Senate candidate Roy Moore spent his thirties dating, propositioning, and sexually assaulting high school-aged girls are shocking, but not without precedent. There have been plenty of congressmen who carried on sexual relationships with teenagers — from Thomas Jefferson to Strom Thurmond — but perhaps none as dastardly as Illinois Rep. Dennis Hastert, who served as Speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007. In 2015, an FBI investigation found that Hastert molested at least four boys during his tenure as a high school teacher and wrestling coach in the 1970s. An additional civil lawsuit alleged that Hastert sodomized a fourth-grade boy in a school bathroom and threatened him if he reported the assault. Since the statute of limitations had expired on these crimes, Hastert was instead convicted of evading bank reporting requirements in order to secretly pay off his victims. He served 15 months in prison.

After Senator Al Franken became the latest of a series of high-profile Americans to face allegations of sexual misconduct, President Donald Trump lashed out at Franken's action while ignoring his own misconduct and those of would-be Senator Roy Moore.

Democratic Senator Al Franken has apologised, after a radio host accused him of forcibly kissing and groping her more than 10 years ago.